2018/07/04

It has happened too often that deaf moviegoersdon’t know whether to laugh or to cry. Thedeaf person requests a captioning device;the manager has to run around to look forit in the supply closet. Then the managerhas to put in batteries. And then themanager must make sure right captions arebeing shown for the right movie! Opencaptions are so much easier, but hearingpeople hate it. A picture is at:

The Sports Law article listed most importantdecisions of the year (May 2017-April 30, 2018).One such important decision involved stadiumcaptions – at the Denver’s Pepsi Center.The agreement is that the stadium must have opencaptions on or by September 2018.

— a tax for use of twitter and facebook

A government is charging 5 cents per day for peoplethat use the twitter and the facebook. This hasupset the Deaf Community because many deaf peopleuse the social media to keep themselves updatedon news and information. It is not happeningin USA – but in Uganda!